BCE Inc [NYSE: BCE] closed the trading session at $22.86 on 2025-07-02.
The stocks have a year to date performance of -29.38 percent and weekly performance of 4.19 percent. The stock has been moved at 0.88 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 2.60 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 0.35 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 3.57M shares, BCE reached to a volume of 5174117 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about BCE Inc [BCE]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BCE shares is $24.41 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BCE stock is a recommendation set at 3.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Scotiabank have made an estimate for BCE Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sector Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on June 02, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on February 07, 2025, representing the official price target for BCE Inc stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.19, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.79. Price to Free Cash Flow for BCE in the course of the last twelve months was 7.80 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.54.
BCE stock trade performance evaluation
BCE Inc [BCE] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.19. With this latest performance, BCE shares gained by 2.60% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.88% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -1.38% in the past year of trading.
BCE Inc [BCE]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and BCE Inc [BCE] shares currently have an operating margin of 22.76% and a Gross Margin at 30.66%. BCE Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 1.45%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 0.73%, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.73%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for BCE Inc [BCE] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BCE. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for BCE Inc go to -2.40%.
BCE Inc [BCE]: Institutional Ownership
The top three institutional holders of BCE stocks are: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA with ownership of 49.97 million shares, which is approximately 5.4778%. BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, holding 37.53 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.24 billion in BCE stocks shares; and BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, currently with $$741.58 million in BCE stock with ownership which is approximately 2.5112%.
